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Heather Bloggie
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Home Suporrts and Hope
Mood:  lucky
Topic: Huntington's Disease

I have been falling a bit the past few days. Yesterday I was

walking on the balls of my feet. Trevor told me to walk on my

 feet. I think I am coming down with a cold or something. My

 chorea has been so bad. My Nurse Shirley will be here

shortly. I like blogging now before she comes. She is really

 nice. Every morning we do dishes and chat. Then later, we

 make supper. I am going to make some kind of chicken meal.

 Trevor is loving coming home and not to think of making

 meals. This is the real HD. We all get sicker. We are all going

 to get cured. That is the difference. It will happen soon. I

 have the worst time typing and not making spelling

 mistakes. I do everything on Microsoft word. Even my emails

 and everything. I am getting that bad. I will still do this even

 through HD is making my spelling bad. I not worried about

 getting sicker. I write like a Doctor. I have accepted it. I also

 know that we will get cured. Hold on to the knowledge. We

 are too good of people to let this HD happen with no reward.

 Never lose hope in that coming true. We will have our time to

 live. Untill then live with HD. It is temporary. We have to learn

 to live with HD. That should be easier since we are going it

 get cured. Never lose sight of the big picture. We are going to

 all get cured sooner then later. Believe in you life with HD.

Everything will improve. Accept it.


Posted by heatherdugdale at 2:32 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 22 May 2008 2:37 PM EDT
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Hope Builds
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: Huntington's Disease

My computer is acting screwy. Trevor is going to reformat it.

Last night I was scared too. I kept hearing scary things. I

hope my meds are working. I have been really angry lately. I

would unintentionally start shouting at Trevor. Very

irrational. Yesterday I was the sickest I have been. So was

my Lucky. He was so sick yesterday. He started puking. We

think something went down wrong. Poor little Lucky. He is

better today though. Today  will be an HD free day. My Nurses’

are coming over in 15 minutes. What is weird I missed them

They have turned me into a Chef. The last meals I did myself..

We must never lose hope. Ever. That is all that sustains us. All

 that keeps us going. Hope. That one word that can move us.

Hope that we will get cured. It will happen sooner than later.

Never lose your hope. Even when everything gets harder. That

is when it is more important. We need all lot of hope to make

it through the tough days of HD. We need to fight and never

lose sight then. Never ever forget that we are going to get

cured. Everything will work out. It will happen soon.

Posted by heatherdugdale at 1:04 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 6:22 PM EDT
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Cranbrook
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Huntington's Disease

I am so sick today. Last night I was so confused. It is carrying

on today too. I have been drooling a lot too. The past three

days it has been getting worse. So has my confusion.

Yesterday I was the healthiest I have been. Not a single thing

happened with HD. Today we went to Cranbrook in the

morning. Poor little Lucky got sick and puked. Tomorrow I

have the Nurses back. Since I have been taking this ensure, I

have gained lots of weight. I no longer look gaunt. Healthier. 

 We need to fight HD. You can’t claim us. You can’t take the joy

out of our lives. We are the ones that need to be joyful. We

fight HD just to get there. Only we know how hard it is. Every

day, To wake up and fight again. We deserve to be happy.

Let’s fight together. Let’s live our life the way we want too. I

won three huge awards today. I was sent three awards from

one person who loved my site. They are hard ones to get too. 

I can’t believe it. Every award I am surprised. I go through

periods where I* don’t get awards. Then they come easily and

 a lot of them. I am glad. More people know about HD because

my site is the most awarded site. People flock in and see

what I am up too. I want people to be aware of HD. I am the

only person that has it that people know. They never even

heard of it before.

Posted by heatherdugdale at 6:31 PM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 6:33 PM EDT
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Monday, 19 May 2008
Blossom Festival
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: Huntington's Disease

Yesterday I was scared. We were walking with my Hubby and

Lucky last night. I heard a bunch of drunk people, they were

no there.  I saw bugs all around last night. Scary... My chorea

is getting so much worse. There will be times when I can’t

control my movements. I had trouble eating last night with

 Trevor. Yesterday was bad HD day. There is a Blossom

festival. In Creston. Today we are going to check out the

midway. That is why that parade was for. Even though we are

getting sicker. We realize this is the way it will be. We will get

 a bit sicker before we get better. We have to know true

darkness (HD) to know true light (without it). This will be a life

 lesson. We are chosen to have HD for a reason. Accept that.

There is also a reason why we will get cured sooner. I never

sit here and think why me? Pity leads me somewhere I do

not want to go. All of you should try to fight. HD makes us

stronger. Makes or breaks our life. Depending on how we

deal. Learn how to love you life. Live you life, Laugh. Plan our

future together with on HD. WE will have our life back soon.

Love HD. Live for you. Live for me. We all have to fight HD.

Together we are string.

Posted by heatherdugdale at 1:31 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, 19 May 2008 1:35 PM EDT
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Sunday, 18 May 2008
More Updates

I made another awards page. the other one was getting full. Still

healthy today. Home support is not coming today. Trevor has three

days off for this weekend. The heat has affected our little Lucky.

Yesterday we were the hottest in Canda. It was plus 30 yesterday. I

took him out for a walk and he stopped moving. I had to carry the

poor little guy home. Learn to love your life. Learn to live your life.

This is all we have. This is our life. We have HD. We can learn to live

beside it. We can live. We just have to fight for our life. Everything

and every day. We can't let go and let HD take over. If we give up, it

will take over our life. Our happiness. That is why we fight. That is

what we can lose.


Posted by heatherdugdale at 4:24 PM EDT
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Saturday, 17 May 2008
50'th Award
Mood:  mischievious
Topic: Huntington's Disease

 Today there was a parade in Creston. Elyissa and Nefertiti

and I went. It was fun. I have been felling more confused

every day. When doing aerobics. I went to meet Trevor and

went to the wrong restaurant. I am totally losing my mind.

Getting more confused. My chorea is getting worse too. I am

twitching all over. Accept this is HD. It will getting like this

before we are cured. We have to believe and fight towards

hope for our future. Fight every day. We can win. We will cure

you HD. We will fight with our happiness and laughter. We

need to learn to love HD. To live, we need to love HD. We have

to cope. We have to fight. Today I have won my 50 th award.

This is another hard international award.  50 awards in 9

months is unheard of.


What they say about me 

Your story can't help but give inspiration and hope to others. 

One of the problems with serious disease is the feeling that

one is fighting it alone.  I suspect your site will help many

people throughout the months and years to come.


I am always surprised when I win these awards. Who knew

that my page would win this many.  

Posted by heatherdugdale at 5:05 PM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 17 May 2008 5:06 PM EDT
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Friday, 16 May 2008
Hallucinations
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Huntington's Disease

I was hallucinating like crazy last night. I saw a moon that

was not there. A full moon. I also heard someone getting into

our house through the balcony. I got up and checked. I

always think that is real when I hear people breaking in. I

have been HD free for the past three days. I have a new home

support lady coming up shortly. Yesterday I made the

yummiest stir fry. I am glad I am no longer afraid. They love

Lucky. They were expecting a barking mean dog like the

other ones. They are surprised. Our Lucky is not  vicious.

Never barks or bites. He is a sweetie. The best from that

breeder. The rest were snippy. I had to save another cats life

on Saturday. This one was even closer to getting run over.

This guy was going so fast. The cat was just sitting three. I

need to start a cat saving business. I had my animals ran

over all the time. I will not let that happen to someone else.

My brother Scotto is way too scared to get tested still. With

our track recond who would not be? Everyone but Lisa has it.

Something horrible is happening to Trevor's Aunt. She might

have MS. She will get the diagnosis soon. My Mom’s best

friend inthe hospital in Rimbey had MS. I looked after her.

They were both in 35 when she was admitted. My dad’s best

friend has it too. This just hurts me. Not only was my cousin

killed tragically. Now we have to deal with more. We are all

showing signs of HD .All of this happened in three months. 

This is worse than when my Grandmother and my Aunt died

two weeks from each other. I found out I had HD in the time.

My Aunt had HD. My grandmother died of Lung cancer.

Whenever someone gets a diagnosis it is another grief.

There are two of us that need to get tested. There are three

of us that are sick. Just accept HD. I am going to get worse. So

will all of you. What keeps u going is our faith. In the cure,

Faith that everything will pass over. We are all tough

because of what we have been through. We can handle that.

Believe in the future without HD. We can get there. We can

get stronger each day we fight HD. Only we know the struggle

inside. Only we know the fight that we have to make every

day. Every smile and laugh takes lots of work. Only we know.

Every second of fighting is always worth it. We can’t let HD

bring us down. We can fight you. We have the unending hope

for a cure. Shortly that will happen.


Posted by heatherdugdale at 2:50 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, 16 May 2008 3:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Another International Award
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Huntington's Disease

I have just won my number 49 award. I am one away from 50. I

am so excited. The most awards for any new site. This is

another international one to boot. In 9 months of having my

site up. How does a person with HD do this? I started this

when I was sick. Go full on to what you want. I never let HD

rule my life. Never let HD rule your life. It is yours to do what

you want. Live your dreams.That is why my dreams are

coming true. I wanted to make a positive site that changes

lives. I also wanted to make an award winning site. That is

secondary. I always try to win awards for my Mom and Dad.

Dad pays for my site. He paid for my schooling. I have HD. I

could never pay them back. Especially with early onset. I also

 help us get the word out about HD by winning these awards. I

 am internationally recognized. I am bringing in other people

that do not about HD. I am getting word out. I am helping us

get more people to know about HD by winning all of these

accolades. It will always be that way. Daily hope is what I

started this for. I do not care if I am immobilized and can’t

move. I will never stop this. There is nothing else for

everyone with HD to get hope from. I understand having HD

how bad no hope is.  I know there are people that want me

too stop. I am not naming names. The person that came out

with that article saying we would never get cured. Two days

after mine. Do not listen. We are going to get cured. It will

happen. I started my hopeful revolution.  Will never stop ever.

My home support workers know that too. I have it too. It does

not go telling us matter of fact. We need more. We need

actual hope. Need it so bad. We also need people to know

how hard this is. Everyday how brave we all are. We know.

Now other people know.

Posted by heatherdugdale at 3:03 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 15 May 2008 3:11 PM EDT
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Happy Victoria Day
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Huntington's Disease


 


Posted by heatherdugdale at 11:57 PM EDT
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Hopr Builds
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Huntington's Disease

We are going to get meds. Trevor asked for his check early

form his Dad. We were debating divorce. If we did it we would

have money. We could still be together. They expect Trevor to

take care of us. Insane it is. Trevor has a new job. He will get

benefits in three months. In those three months we are

going to have to pay hundreds of dollars worth of meds.

Today feel a lot healthier. I have a clear mind. Shirley came

over. We started our slow cooker meal. I am not surprised

that Gary does not have his meds working. The Serquil works

for a while. The it gets worse. I am still grieving over Jenny. I

saw some school busses here. I saw the bus I saw on the

news. I still need Trevor to hook up the scanner. He is busy

working two jobs to afford everything. He also does part time

for his Dad. We are fighting HD together.  Let’s take the pain

and put that away. We can live without the pain of HD. We can

learn to live without it. HD is fighting against us. It is fight and

we are fighting. Our life is on the line every day. Never give up

 fighting. Never stop fighting. Never stop. HD can win. We

cannot let it take our life away. Take away our meaning of

our life. There are so many reasons to fight. We need to live

with HD. We need to live period. We need meaning. A reason

to live. Live and live your life. Accept HD. Accept that we are

getting sicker. We are going to get cured shortly, until that

we are sick. Own HD. Own your life living with HD.

Posted by heatherdugdale at 2:46 PM EDT
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